(1) "Commission of an offense" means a
finding by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards
Commission or an administrative body that a person performed the acts necessary
to satisfy the elements of a specified offense.

(2) "Convicted" or "Conviction" means,
for purposes of this Subchapter, the entry of:

(a) a plea of guilty;

(b) a verdict or finding of guilt by a jury,
judge, magistrate, or other duly constituted, established adjudicating body,
tribunal, or official, either civilian or military; or

(c) a plea of no contest, nolo contendere, or
the equivalent.

(3) "Correctional Officer" means an employee
of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction
and Juvenile Justice, responsible for the custody of inmates or offenders.

(4) "Corrections Officer" means either or
both of the two classes of officers employed by the North Carolina Department
of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice:
correctional officer or probation/parole officer.

(5) "Criminal Justice System" means the whole
of the State and local criminal justice agencies including the North Carolina
Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice.

(6) "Director" means the Director of the
Criminal Justice Standards Division of the North Carolina Department of
Justice.

(7) "Educational Points" means points earned
toward the State Correction Officers' Professional Certificate Program for
studies completed, with passing scores achieved, for semester hour or quarter
hour credit at a regionally accredited institution of higher education. Each
semester hour of college credit equals one educational point and each quarter
hour of college credit equals two-thirds of an educational point.

(8) "High School" means graduation from a
high school that meets the compulsory attendance requirements in the
jurisdiction in which the school is located.

(9) "Misdemeanor" for corrections officers
means those criminal offenses not classified under the laws, statutes, or
ordinances as felonies. Misdemeanor offenses for corrections officers are
classified by the Commission as the following as set forth in G.S. or other
state or federal law:

(ssss) 143-58.1(a) Use of public purchase
or contract for private benefit (143-58.1(c))

(tttt) 148-45(d) Aiding escape or
attempted escape from prison

(uuuu) 162-55 Injury to prisoner by
jailer

(vvvv) Common-Law misdemeanors:

(i) Going Armed to the Terror of the People

(ii) Common-Law Mayhem

(iii) False Imprisonment

(iv) Common-Law Robbery

(v) Common-Law Forgery

(vi) Common-Law Uttering of Forged paper

(vii) Forcible Trespass

(viii) Unlawful Assembly

(ix) Common-Law Obstruction of Justice

(wwww) Those offenses occurring in other jurisdictions
that are comparable to the offenses specifically listed in (a) through (vvvv)
of this Rule.

(xxxx) Any offense proscribed by 18 U.S.C. 922 (1996),
(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/pdf/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap44-sec922.pdf),
that would prohibit possessing a firearm or ammunition.

(10) "Pilot Courses" means those courses
approved by the Education and Training Committee, consistent with 12 NCAC 09G
.0404, which are utilized to develop new training course curricula.

(11) "Probation/Parole Officer" means an
employee of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult
Correction and Juvenile Justice whose duties include supervising, evaluating,
or otherwise instructing offenders placed on probation, parole, post release
supervision, or assigned to any other community-based program operated by the
Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice.

(12) "Qualified Assistant" means an additional
staff person designated as such by the School Director to assist in the
administration of a course when a certified institution or agency assigns additional
responsibilities to the certified School Director during the planning,
development, and implementation of a certified course.